Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

In the vast universe, apart from stars, planets, comets and other celestial bodies, it's not an absolute vacuum, and there's a lot of interstellar dust floating around.

Their composition and composition of the planet are not essentially different, they are particles of rock and metal, condensed into cloud-shaped objects under appropriate gravitational and spiritual magnetic field constraints, and are therefore also referred to as "nebulae”.

The ruins of Pangu civilization, "Kunlun”, are hidden in one crab-like nebula, and now there is another “black spot nebula”.

Perhaps Pangu civilization has some kind of secret to manipulate the nebula, and it is unknown.

Li Yao knows that depending on the metallic particle composition in the nebula and the changes in the spiritual magnetic field that condense them, the nebula can present a variety of incredible features, such as sending and shielding special radiation, absorbing and releasing spiritual energy, and so on.

“That's all we know so far. ”

Professor Mo Xuan said, "Although we have discovered each other's position, we are overshadowed by a large 'black spot nebula’. With our current level of technology, we cannot observe each other directly in the three realms of the heavens, the stars and the demons of blood, and spy on their falsehood! ”

“However, standing on the scale of the great universe, the distance between each other and us is not very distant, and such a mysterious world of the unknown suddenly emerges from our side and greets us on its own initiative, it is unclear whether it is bliss or evil. ”

“Is it forbidden to snore by the side of the bed, especially one whom we know nothing about? ”

“Most importantly, come and see, this is the simulation trajectory that we formed by merging the Pan Ancient Star Chart and the" Sky Robbery Observation Chart "of Sashimi Ramadan. Did you notice the problem? ”

Professor Mo Xuan pointed at the top of the picture and said, "Yes, this mysterious world is not very far from the path of the Expeditionary Army of the Real Human Empire. A hundred years later, when the Expeditionary Army of the Empire and they pass by, it is certain that there is a possibility of discovering the world, just as five years ago Kunlun's Su Changfa and other immortals were discovered. ”

Li Yao took a sigh of relief and could imagine the seriousness of the matter by letting Xinren such as Su Chang Hair monopolize Kunlun.

“Kunlun” is merely a “military factory” built by Pangu civilization using the spiritual energy emitted by pulsed stars. Since this mysterious world is regarded by countless Pangus as a destination for escape, it is clearly an important stronghold for them, such as a regional military centre.

Such a world would never be a good thing for a heavily anticipated Federation if it were to be tied to the Imperial Expeditionary Army.

In fact, after hundreds of thousands of canghai mulberry fields, does this mysterious to extreme thousand world still exist?

And what kind of race, what kind of civilization live in this world today?

This area is far from the flourishing area of the center of the star sea, so it is unlikely that it will be the Empire and the Holy Allies. Who, then, is it the hereditary of the demons or the monks, even the Pankos or the Ladies? Or even stranger?

And why do they say "hello” to the two worlds, "goodwill or malice"? Do they really want to communicate, or do they hide their evil intentions and set a trap?

“I get it! ”

Li Yao closed his eyes and said, "Now that we have found each other, we must not ignore each other, we can only use the dumbest way to dispatch an expedition as soon as possible to jump into this mysterious world, pry into the local truth, find out each other's position, the level of civilization, whether there is a threat to us, whether we will be exploited or even conquered by the Imperial Expeditionary Army, and so on! ”

“Otherwise, it would be hilarious if we had worked so hard to build it for a hundred years, thought it was a solid gold soup and a steady victory ticket, and ended up killing the powerful enemy of another mysterious world besides the Imperial Expeditionary Army! ”

“That's what teachers call ‘special assignments’, right? Then what? I'll go. This is just the right professional counterpart! ”

Professor Mo Xuan and Scowley glanced at each other and the professor coughed dry. “Li Yao, don't worry, just listen to me. ”

“This mysterious world hidden in the depths of the Dark Spots Nebula is very different from the rest of the stars that Project Skylight is going to explore. ”

“First of all, it's very far away, and as you can see, it's almost at the edge of this Pan Ancient Star Chart, and it's extremely difficult to jump directly into the past! ”

“Secondly, there are dozens of galaxies around this mysterious world, all covered in mist, and we have no idea what's going on inside! ”

“Searching for a thousand hidden worlds hundreds of thousands of years ago in such a dark needle cloud is tens or hundreds of times more difficult than finding another thousand worlds! ”

“So the starships on this expedition must be able to withstand hundreds, if not thousands, of star sea jumps, as well as a very strong conventional sailing speed, preferably the ability to receive signals from Pankonian civilizations, and a fully equipped hibernation system. ”

“Looking at the third realm, our starship refinement level is not enough to directly refine such expeditions, including the Spark, a versatile expedition of the Star Sea Empire era, nor does it have the capability to do so. ”

“This capability is only possible if this ship is modified from the Pangu Civilization Single Escape Modifier and has a smaller class of 'Mars' than the Spark! ”

“Just now, Skodoyou also said that the Mars was converted from a single escape pod of Pangu civilization, directly employing a large number of Pangu civilization pharmacopoeia units, which means that it is unique, and we are unlikely to make a second ship within decades! ”

Li Yao finally understood and took a sip of the cold air duct: “The teacher said that with our current level of skill, we can only launch the Mars, take an explorer to the dark nebula and look for the mysterious world that strangely disappeared a long time ago? ”

“Yes.”

Professor Mo Xuan nodded, “This is purely a hammer deal. If this explorer falls into the depths of the dark nebula, we don't even have the ability to organize rescue teams. We can only abandon this task altogether. One day, someone will come to the door! ”

“And this is not the task, the most special place. ”

“Huh?”

Li Yao foolishly said, “It's all so exaggerated. It's not even the most special. What's the problem? ”

“The problem is that Mars is really fast, not only is it the first of the three worlds, but it is also a few times farther ahead of the second, and reaches true sublight speed! ”

Scowley took the call: "It can accelerate to ‘Sublight Speed' as soon as the star jump is complete, which is the biggest reason we chose it for dark nebula exploration. ”

“Isn't that nice? ”

Li Yao did not understand, “Since the Mars can repeatedly jump the stars and sea and have the ability to navigate at sub-light speeds, and are themselves modified by Pangu escape pods, there is a high probability of receiving each other's signals. This is a custom made for this exploration mission, fast speed, what's wrong? ”

“Have you ever heard of the 'slow taper' effect? ”

Scowley grinned bitterly, "Simply put, as an object gradually approaches the speed of light, the time around it slows down rapidly, the space shrinks rapidly, the closer it approaches the speed of light, the thinner the significance of time and space becomes, once the speed of light is reached, the time stops, and the space collapses into a point, entering the ‘zero space-time' state! ”

“Reaching or even exceeding the speed of light, which is our level of technology, is completely unimaginable, so the 'zero time and space' state is just our guess. ”

“But the relative slowdown in time, near the speed of light, is an observable and substantiated fact. ”

“Most of our past interstellar voyages have relied on the star sea to jump, bypassing the barrier of ‘speed of light'. During our regular voyages, our starships rarely maintain sub-light speeds and rush up for a few seconds at most! ”

“So even if the phenomenon of 'clock shrinkage' does exist, its impact on us is negligible. ”

“This mission is different. ”

“Firstly, Mars, the fastest starship in the three worlds to carry out this mission, is destined to break through the sublight velocity and maintain it for a long time; secondly, it is destined to fly at the sublight velocity for a long time before it is possible to find a mysterious world hidden in the depths of dark nebula! ”

“Together, these two factors mean that his perception of the passage of time is different for the explorer who manages the Mars than for those who remain in the three realms of the heavens, the planets, and the demons of blood! ”

“Perhaps in his view, it was only a year and a half of exploration, while decades passed in haste in the three realms. ”

“Do you understand, Li Yao? ”

Professor Mo Xuan sighed, "If we are really going to explore this mysterious world, we can only send one explorer, even though for him it is very likely that decades or even centuries will have passed by when he returns to the celestial realm, sailing smoothly and neatly to complete exploration, mapping and positioning! ”

“This is one of the most special and entangling exploratory tasks of the Skylight Initiative. ”

“In the other great thousand worlds, the shipping lanes are relatively clear, the location is relatively clear, there is not too much interference, the best can be found, if you can't find them, jump to the new stars immediately to find the next one, there is really no harvest, you can return to the Federation within 35 or 10 years, reunite with your family and advance other projects. ”

“Only this task is too much uncertainty and too much time! ”

Li Yao and Ding Bell were silent at the same time.

Slow tape effect?

The closer we get to the speed of light, the slower the relative time passes?

Will it take at least decades to carry out such an exploratory mission?

This was something they had never thought of before they came together.

“No matter how difficult this task is, how long it takes, how much it costs, we have to do it, right? ”

Li Yao took it seriously, “Because, we can never watch a mysterious world emerge from our side, and greeted us with a big hello, but didn't listen, didn't we react at all? ”